July 2017 Articles

What You Need to Know About Office 365 Government

The US public sector contains unique and highly evolving requirements. To respond to the unique nature of the requirements, Microsoft offers many government sectors and eligible organizations Office 365 Government to manage their business by the federal laws stipulated. For many government agencies, using Microsoft Office 365 or Azure gives companies a huge boost when...

FedRAMP Weekly Tips – July 27 2017

This week, FedRAMP published a weekly tip that discusses the use of non-US persons support and updating SSP officials: TIP: A CSP using non-US persons to support their system is FedRAMP compliant, but will find their market limited among Federal agencies. Using non-US persons to support a FedRAMP system is a business decision the CSP must...

FedRAMP Weekly Tips – July 20 2017

This week, FedRAMP published two tips that discuss Cloud Service Offering Assessments and the requirements for a security assessment report and readiness assessment report: TIP: What does a typical Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) Team performing a Cloud Service Offering (CSO) assessment look like according to FedRAMP? FedRAMP requires that all assessments must be staffed by an...

FedRAMP Weekly Tips – July 13 2017

This week, FedRAMP published a weekly tip that discusses requirements for vulnerability scanning: Q: What are the FedRAMP requirements for vulnerability scanning? A: Vulnerability scanning must occur for Operating System (OS)/ infrastructure, databases, and web application components in the Cloud Service offering authorization boundary. The scanning parameters for the components must be defined in the Security...

Azure Government Cognitive Services: Looking at the Language Feature

When Cognitive Services became available for Azure Government recently, it opened up so many great features that government offices now appreciate. Your own government office can currently enjoy API’s encompassing everything from Vision recognition to academic knowledge. In-between, you shouldn’t overlook other tools helping you manage various media within your agency. Recently, we explored what...

FedRAMP Weekly Tips – July 6 2017

This week, FedRAMP published a weekly tip that discusses email notifications and background checks on staff members. TIP: When submitting a RAR or an authorization package, be sure to send an email notification to info@fedramp.gov. Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), Partnering Agencies, and/or Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs) must send an email notification to info@fedramp.gov to let...